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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

June 14, 2008Monmouth County, New Jersey

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2008, 8:38 PM EDT for Monmouth County, New Jersey. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2008, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2008, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monmouth County, NJ

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 257 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
257 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS51 KPHI 150037
SVRPHI
NJC025-150130-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SV.W.0073.080615T0038Z-080615T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
838 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  LINCROFT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PERTH AMBOY...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RED BANK BY 845 PM...
  HIGHLANDS...LONG BRANCH...6 MILES NORTH OF ELBERON AND 6 MILES
  SOUTH OF SANDY HOOK BY 855 PM...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE
WATER IS CROSSING THE ROAD.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 4034 7396 4026 7397 4025 7398 4027 7418
      4043 7421 4045 7410 4042 7406 4041 7400
      4046 7401 4046 7398 4039 7395 4035 7396
      4034 7395
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 266DEG 17KT 4035 7410

$$

TFG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI64 min
Jun 14, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset55 min
Jun 14, 8:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMonmouth3 hr
Jun 14, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean57 min
Jun 14, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min
Jun 14, 9:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Jun 14, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May64 min
Jun 14, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI63 min
Jun 15, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 15, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland54 min
Jun 15, 2:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI2 hr
Jun 15, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth25 min
Jun 15, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI95 min
Jun 15, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.